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A deadly flood disaster in northern Italy but first...
LATE NEWS TONIGHT:
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IT'S FRIDAY MORNING IN NORTH KOREA WHERE THERE IS EXPLICIT DENUNCIATION OF THE SOUTH KOREA-US LIVE FIRE DRILLS SET TO BEGIN NEXT THURSDAY.
NORTH KOREA SAYING THE DRILLS ARE A:
"war exercise"
AND THAT SUCH DRILLS AGAINST A 'NUCLEAR POWER' ARE:
"sheer bullshit"...
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad welcomed back into the fold of the Arab League holding a summit meeting in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
Assad arriving to join other Arab leaders for the 32nd Arab League summit.
THE US WILL SANCTION 300 MORE PEOPLE AND ENTITIES AS IT EXPANDS ITS SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.
PARTIES IN THIRD COUNTRIES WILL ALSO BE SANCTIONED AS THE US SEEKS TO BROADEN ITS ECONOMIC WARFARE ON RUSSIA...TASS RUSSIA...
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT ANNOUNCING NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA INVOLVING ALUMINIUM, COPPER AND DIAMONDS...TASS RUSSIA
Three one-day rail strikes planned in the UK in the weeks ahead. One union will strike May 31st and June 3rd, the other on June 2nd.
Railroad workers seeking pay increases commensurate with the inflation rate in the UK that has topped 10 percent.
The British government denouncing the RMT union citing the inconvenience their strike will cause for railroad travelers...BBC NEWS
THE US SUPREME COURT DECIDING IN FAVOR OF TECH GIANTS GOOGLE AND TWITTER TODAY KEEPING THEIR 'SECTION 230' LIABILITY PROTECTION IN PLACE.
THE HIGH COURT OFFERING AN UNSIGNED OPINION IN RESPONSE TO A LAWSUIT SEEKING TO HOLD SOCIAL MEDIA LIABLE FOR A TERRORIST ATTACK IN PARIS IN 2015.
SECTION 230 PROTECTING TECH COMPANIES FROM RESPONSIBILITY FOR MATERIALS POSTED BY THIRD PARTIES...POLITICO
The markets today.
The Dow up 115.14 points.
The NASDAQ up 188.27 points or 1.51 percent.
The price of oil is fell three cents a barrel to 71 dollars and 83 cents...MARKETWATCH
US politics Republican Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene introducing articles of impeachment against Joe Biden...
A PATRIOTIC ISRAELI FLAG MARCH IN THE OLD CITY (MUSLIM QUARTER) OF JERUSALEM TODAY.
TODAY IS JERUSALEM DAY COMMEMORATING THE 56TH ANNIVERSARY OF ISRAEL TAKING CONTROL OF EAST JERUSALEM DURING THE SIX-DAY WAR.
ISRAELI POLITICIANS LABELED AS 'FAR RIGHT' PARTICIPATING IN THE EVENT WHICH HAS BEEN CONDEMNED BY PALESTINIANS.
THE MARCH LED TO PROTESTING PALESTINIANS APPROACHING THE BORDER FENCE IN GAZA WHERE THEY WERE REPELLED WITH TEAR GAS DROPPED FROM DRONES...
Russia and Ukraine will receive special envoys sent by Pope Francis. One representative will visit Moscow the other Kiev.
This appears to be in line with the notion of a "peace mission" announced by the Pontiff last month...TASS RUSSIA...
The Chinese envoy Li Hui meeting Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky.
China's foreign ministry says Li exchanged views with Zelensky on a political settlement to the Ukraine War...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKIYE...
More on the Ukraine War later in the summary.
IN THE NETHERLANDS TALKS LATE INTO THE NIGHT WEDNESDAY BETWEEN THE GOVERNMENT AND FARMERS.
THE TALKS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF AGRICULTURE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE COW GAS RULES LOOMING OVER THE ATTEMPT TO REACH AN AGREEMENT...NOS NETHERLANDS (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
Unemployment in Australia rising from 3.5 percent in March to 3.7 percent in April.
Expectations were that unemployment would remain steady last month...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
US FEDERAL PROSECUTORS PUTTING OUT THEIR JUSTIFICATION FOR CONTINUING TO DETAIN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN ACCUSED OF 'LEAKING' DOCUMENTS.
THEY SAY JACK TEIXEIRA DISOBEYED ORDERS IN THE AIR NATIONAL GUARD REGARDING THE HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED MATERIAL...BBC NEWS
In Nevada Republican Governor Joe Lombardo vetoing three Democrat bills that sought to restrict firearms ownership.
Lombardo saying he will not support legislation "that infringes on the Constitutional Rights of Nevadans"...CNN
IN ITALY THE FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX RACE IN IMOLA SET FOR SUNDAY HAS BEEN CALLED OFF DUE TO SERIOUS FLOODING NEARBY.
ITALIAN AUTHORITIES SAY THAT AT LEAST NINE PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN THE FLOODS...REUTERS-ASIA ONE...
LATER INFORMATION ABOUT THE DISASTER 13 DEAD AND 13,000 FORCED FROM THEIR HOMES...BBC NEWS
THE URKAINE WAR
TWO KILLED IN UKRAINIAN SHELLING OF RUSSIAN VILLAGE IN BELGOROD REGION
AIR RAID ALERT ACROSS UKRAINE THIS MORNING, BLASTS IN KIEV AND OTHER CITIES
Two killed, another seriously wounded in Ukrainian shelling of a village in the Belgorod Region of Russia...RIA NOVOSTI (TRANSLATION PROMPT)
An air raid alert across all of Ukraine this morning according to Ukrainian authorities...RIA NOVOSTI RUSSIA...Blasts heard in Kiev and other Ukrainian cities early this morning...BBC NEWS...Ukraine claiming to have shot down 29 of the 30 missiles fired by Russia.
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